BP to cut production at Indiana refinery as major upgrade project starts

BP will replace the largest of the refinery's three crude distillation units and expects the work to be completed by the second half of 2013, chief financial officer Brian Gilvary said. "This will temporarily reduced the crude capacity of the refinery by more than 50%," Gilvary added.

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By BEN LEFEBVRE

BP is about to start a major project at its refinery in Whiting,
Ind., that will temporarily reduce output at the 405,000-bpd
refinery by half, the company said.

News of the production cut helped to send US gasoline
futures contracts higher on the Nymex Wednesday, as fuel supply
in the US Northeast is already crimped by pipeline and refinery outages brought on by
Hurricane Sandy.

Nymex gasoline futures were up 1.4% to $2.65/gal midday
Wednesday.

BP will replace the largest of the refinery's three crude distillation units and expects the
work to be completed by the second half of 2013, chief
financial officer Brian Gilvary said during a conference call
with investors Tuesday.

"This will temporarily reduced the crude capacity of the refinery by more than 50%," Gilvary
said.

BP said it will also perform "major turnarounds" at two of
its refineries in the fourth quarter.

Dow Jones Newswires

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